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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To add elements and connectors into a diagram, you can access the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">UML Toolbox </span><span class="f_BodyText">shortcut menu instead of employing the full Enterprise Architect UML</span><span class="f_UIControl"> Toolbox</span><span class="f_BodyText">. The menu provides options to select:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">Elements</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> specific to the current diagram type (</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">Use Case</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> in the example shown below)</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">Relationships</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> specific to the current diagram type</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Elements and relationships from any pages pinned in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">Common</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> elements and relationships</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Elements and connectors for </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">other</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> diagram types.</span></li>
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<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="toolboxshortcut.png" width="628" height="856" border="0" alt="ToolboxShortcut"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The advantage of using the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">UML Toolbox</span><span class="f_BodyText"> shortcut menu is that it provides an increased amount of the workspace to be used for diagramming rather than to display fixed (instead of pop-up) menus.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To use the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">UML Toolbox</span><span class="f_BodyText"> shortcut menu, follow the steps below:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Open a diagram.</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">Either:</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3">Click on the diagram background and press </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">[Insert] </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">or </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">[Spacebar]</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3">Press and hold </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">[Ctrl]</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">and</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">right-click on the diagram background.</span></li>
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<p class="p_Bulletlist3"><span class="f_Bulletlist3">The shortcut menu displays, listing the current diagram-type </span><span class="f_NumberedList">elements and connectors</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">.</span></p>
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<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">If necessary, select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Other</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> option or a pinned </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> page option to list elements and connectors for a different diagram type.</span></li>
<li value=4><span class="f_NumberedList">Select the element or connector to include in the diagram. The object is added to the diagram.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">If you select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Other</span><span class="f_BodyText"> context menu option, the final menu in the sequence offers the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Activate &lt;Type&gt; Toolbox</span><span class="f_BodyText"> option. This opens and activates the corresponding page in the UML</span><span class="f_UIControl"> Toolbox</span><span class="f_BodyText">, if the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_BodyText"> is visible.</span></p>
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<td width="952" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:952px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">As for the UML </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> itself, if an MDG Technology:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_TiporNoteText">is active</span></li>
<li><span class="f_TiporNoteText">automatically pins </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> pages and</span></li>
<li><span class="f_TiporNoteText">duplicates UML or Extended pages</span></li>
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<p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">the pinned Technology pages override and replace the pinned UML or Extended pages in the initial UML </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> shortcut menu.</span></p>
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